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§§§¨§¨§§§§                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨¨§§§
¨¨¨§§§§¨¨¨ IN      THE     DEPTHS      OF      MAY. ¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§¨§§§¨
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§§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨                ^^^^^^^^^^                §§¨§¨¨§§§§
¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨                                          §¨§§§¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§§§§§§¨¨ IMAGINE  IF  YOU WILL, A  LUSH BLUEBERRY §§§¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ SPRUCE FOREST,  WITH ROLLING  HILLS  AND ¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§§           KNEE-DEEP UNDERBRUSH.          ¨¨¨§§§§¨§§
§¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨
§§§§§§¨¨§§ THE GROUND IS  SOFT.  LEAVES IN  ALL  OF §§¨§§¨¨§¨§
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨ THE  SEVEN STAGES  OF  DECOMPOSITION ARE ¨¨§§¨§¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨¨§§§§   PACKED LOOSELY TOGETHER... SOMETIMES   ¨¨§¨§§§§¨¨
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨ THERE ARE  ROCKS. BIGGER  BOULDERS  PEEK ¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨
§¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨            OUT OF THE HILLS.             §¨§¨¨§¨¨§§
¨§§§¨¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§§§¨§§¨§¨
¨§¨¨§¨§§§§ THERE COULD BE, SOMEWHERE IN  THE DEPTHS ¨§¨¨§§¨§§§
§§§¨§§§¨¨¨ OF IT ALL, A CREVICE  FILLED WITH WATER. ¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨
§¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨    BIRD CHERRIES AT THE EDGES, DIPPING   ¨§¨§§§§¨§¨
§§¨§¨§¨§§¨ THEIR LONG FINGERS  BENEATH THE SURFACE. §§§§¨¨¨§§§
¨¨§§§§§§¨§     WATER LILIES, MAYBE. THE WATER IS    §¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§   YELLOW-GREEN WITH POLLEN, AND INSECTS  §§¨¨§§¨§§¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨      ARE SWARMING ABOVE THE SURFACE.     ¨¨§¨§¨§§¨§
§¨§¨§¨¨¨§§                                          ¨¨§§§§§¨§§
¨§§§§§¨¨§¨        WATER STRIDERS, MOSQUITOS,        ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨
¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§§         BACK FLIES, CRANE FLIES.         §¨§§¨¨¨§¨§
§§§¨¨¨§§§¨                                          ¨§§¨§¨¨§§§
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§                ^^^^^^^^^^                ¨§¨§§§¨§¨¨
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§§§§§¨§¨§§                ^^^^^^^^^^                §§¨§¨§¨¨§¨
§¨¨¨¨§§§§¨                                          §¨§§§§§¨§§
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨§ IN   THIS   CASE   WE  WOULD  USE  DEET, ¨§§¨¨¨¨§§¨
¨§§¨¨§§¨¨§ OR DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE AS IT'S ALSO CALLED. §§¨§¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨§¨§¨§¨§                                          ¨¨§§§¨¨§§§
¨¨§§§§§§§§ DEET SHOULD  BE  APPLIED  TO YOUR  SKIN. ¨¨§¨¨§¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ YOU SHOULD COVER ALL SKIN THAT  IS TO BE ¨¨§§¨§§§§¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨ EXPOSED TO AIR. IT'S OK  TO  GET SOME IN ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
§¨§¨§¨¨¨¨¨ THE  EYES.  RUB  UNTIL  IT  FEELS RIGHT, ¨¨§§§¨§¨¨§
¨§§§§§¨¨¨¨ UNTIL THE SKIN FEELS  GOOD. LET IT  SOAK §¨§¨¨§§§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨                    IN.                   ¨§§§¨§¨¨§§
¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§§¨§¨
¨¨§§¨¨§¨§¨       YOU'VE NOW BECOME POISONOUS.       §§§¨§¨¨§§§
§¨§¨§¨§§§§                                          §¨¨§§§¨§¨¨
§§§§§§§¨¨¨                                          §§¨§¨¨§§§¨
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨§§§¨§¨¨§
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§§§¨¨¨¨§¨§                                          ¨§¨§¨§¨¨§§